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scandalous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scandalous \Scan"dal*ous\, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.] 1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation. Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any --Hooker. 2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as a scandalous crime or vice. 3. Defamatory; libelous; as a scandalous story. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scandalous adj : giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time" [syn: {disgraceful}, {shameful}, {shocking}]
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